Please join us for some improbably funny, informative, and high-spirited public lectures, in which the new Ig Nobel Prize winners will attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it.

On Thursday, September 22nd at Harvard University, ten prizes will be awarded to people who have done remarkable things, some of them admirable, some perhaps otherwise. On the following Saturday, we invite the winners to MIT and give them five minutes to describe and/or defend their work, then respond to insightful and amusing questions from the audience. Here's your chance to chat with an Ig Nobel Laureate! The Ig Nobel Prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative--and spur people's interest in science, medicine, and technology.

You can also expect appearances from several past Ig Nobel Prize winners!

Please join us as we celebrate the publication of “The City of Tomorrow,” an exciting new book from Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel which explores the implications of their innovative work at MIT’s Senseable City Lab and the radical changes that pervasive digital technology may bring to future urban life.

“The City of Tomorrow” is published by Yale University Press, 2016.

Presented by authors@mit, a lecture series co-sponsored
by the MIT Libraries and the MIT Press Bookstore.
Open to the public and wheelchair accessible.
Event Info: (617) 253-5249

Driving & Parking Advice

Driving? Useful driving directions may be found on the Getting to MIT page.

Parking? Due to the large amount of construction on the MIT campus, parking has become challenging. Most of the parking lot behind the bookstore, and many of the area metered spots are no longer available for use due to construction. Please consider using public transit, or check Parkopedia for local garages.

authors@mit
The MIT Press Bookstore, and MIT Libraries are pleased to present the continuing authors@mit lecture series. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information on this series write to authors@mit.edu or call The MIT Press Bookstore at (617) 253-5249.